DANIEL 4
29 At the end of twelve months he walked in the palace of the kingdom of Babylon.
30 The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honor of my majesty?
Nebuchadnezzar’s pride
The 4th Chapter of Daniel is one of the greatest examples in scripture of a changed life.
In the verses above, we see an arrogant man, one steeped in pride, walking in his palace, looking at all he had.
Does this remind you of anyone, yes David, walking on his palace roof, probably thinking, I’m ok, no sin, can touch me here, how wrong he was!
In the intervening verses, we see that God deals with this arrogant king, he brings the king of the whole earth at that time and makes him eat grass and act like a dog.
It not only shows God’s power but his mercy too, God could of swatted Nebuchadnezzar out of existence, but he didn’t.
God has and always will have control, man thinks he is in control, but that is not the reality. When we see some leader shouting off and saying how wonderful they are and how much money they have, may they remember what happened to this king and how he was brought to the lowest point in his life.
Let us not be anxious what is happening in the world, what some people are saying about themselves, it is God who is in sovereign control.
AMEN
ECCLESIASTES 5
2 Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.
FAST WORDS OR FEW WORDS
Solomon was full of wisdom, apart from the Lord Jesus, he was the wisest man, who ever lived.
What we are to remember is that God sees and hears everything we say, you mutter under your breath, he hears that, he hears every little bit of gossip people say.
We think the more words, we say the better, we look and think, if I say this or that, I will be recognised. Job’s friends were ok, until they opened their mouths!
Their words did not edify Job, they did not bring Job closer to God.
How many words are you saying?
What words are you saying?
Are they words of encouragement or words of blessing?
Do your words draw people closer to God or drive them further away from him?
Remember God is in the heavens and hears everything, he weighs all our words.
God bless you